A Room with a View — Page 6
我很幸运能被派到这样一个迷人的地方。"
I am lucky to be appointed to such a charming neighbourhood."
"哦，我真高兴！我们家叫做风角。"比比先生鞠了一躬。
"Oh, how glad I am! The name of our house is Windy Corner." Mr. Beebe bowed.
"通常就我和母亲两人，还有我哥哥，不过他不常来教——教堂离这里比较远，我是说。"
"There is mother and me generally, and my brother, though it's not often we get him to ch—— The church is rather far off, I mean."
"露西，亲爱的，让比比先生吃他的晚饭吧。"
"Lucy, dearest, let Mr. Beebe eat his dinner."
"我正在吃，谢谢，而且吃得很香。"
"I am eating it, thank you, and enjoying it."
他更愿意和露西交谈——他还记得她的琴声——而不是和巴特利特小姐说话，后者大概还记得他讲过的布道。
He preferred to talk to Lucy, whose playing he remembered, rather than to Miss Bartlett, who probably remembered his sermons.
他问这位姑娘是否对佛罗伦萨很熟悉，得到的回答颇为详尽——她从未来过这里。
He asked the girl whether she knew Florence well, and was informed at some length that she had never been there before.
给一个初来乍到者提建议是件令人愉快的事，而他是第一个开口的。
It is delightful to advise a newcomer, and he was first in the field.
"别忽略周边的乡村，"他的建议最后说道，"趁第一个晴朗的下午驱车前往菲耶索莱，再绕道塞蒂尼亚诺，或者类似的地方。"
"Don't neglect the country round," his advice concluded. "The first fine afternoon drive up to Fiesole, and round by Settignano, or something of that sort."
"不对！"桌子上首的一个声音喊道，"比比先生，您说错了。第一个晴朗的下午，您的几位女士必须去普拉托。"
"No!" cried a voice from the top of the table. "Mr. Beebe, you are wrong. The first fine afternoon your ladies must go to Prato."
"那位女士看起来真聪明，"巴特利特小姐悄声对表妹说，"我们运气真好。"
"That lady looks so clever," whispered Miss Bartlett to her cousin. "We are in luck."
果然，一股汹涌的信息洪流向她们涌来。
And, indeed, a perfect torrent of information burst on them.
人们告诉她们该看什么，何时去看，如何拦有轨电车，如何打发乞丐，买一本牛皮纸吸墨纸该给多少钱，以及这个地方将如何慢慢令她们着迷。
People told them what to see, when to see it, how to stop the electric trams, how to get rid of the beggars, how much to give for a vellum blotter, how much the place would grow upon them.
Vocabulary
- lucky
- 幸运的，运气好的
- appointed
- 被任命的；被指定的
- charming
- 迷人的，令人愉快的，有魅力的
- neighbourhood
- 附近地区，街区，邻近地带
- glad
- 高兴的，愉快的，乐意的
- Windy
- 多风的，风大的（此处为地名修饰语）
- bowed
- 鞠躬，弯腰行礼表示敬意
- generally
- 通常，一般地，大体上
- though
- 虽然，尽管，不过
- church
- 教堂，基督教礼拜场所
- rather
- 相当，有点，颇为
- dearest
- 最亲爱的，用于亲切称呼
- enjoying
- 享受，enjoy的现在分词，感到愉快
- preferred
- 更喜欢，prefer的过去式
- whose
- 谁的，which/who的所有格关系代词
- probably
- 可能，大概，或许
- sermons
- 布道，sermon的复数，宗教讲道
- whether
- 是否，用于引导间接疑问句
- Florence
- 佛罗伦萨，意大利著名历史文化城市
- informed
- 被告知，获悉，inform的过去式
- length
- 长度；at some length意为详细地
- delightful
- 令人愉快的，非常好的，极好的
- advise
- 建议，劝告，给出意见
- newcomer
- 新来者，初到某地的人
- field
- 领域；田野；此处指某个范围
- neglect
- 忽视，忽略，不重视
- advice
- 建议，劝告，忠告
- concluded
- 结束，总结，conclude的过去式
- cried
- 喊叫，大声说，cry的过去式
- ladies
- 女士们，lady的复数形式
- clever
- 聪明的，机智的，有才智的
- whispered
- 低声说，耳语，whisper的过去式
- cousin
- 表亲，堂亲，表兄弟姐妹
- luck
- 运气，幸运
- indeed
- 确实，的确，用于强调
- perfect
- 完美的，极好的，完全的
- torrent
- 洪流，大量涌现的事物
- information
- 信息，资讯，知识
- burst
- 突然涌出，爆发，猛然出现
- electric
- 电动的，用电的
- trams
- 有轨电车，tram的复数形式
- rid
- 摆脱，get rid of意为除去、消除
- beggars
- 乞丐，beggar的复数形式
- vellum
- 上等皮纸，犊皮纸，高档书写材料
- blotter
- 吸墨纸，书写用的吸墨工具
- upon
- 在……上，与on意思相近的介词
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